Species Details

ABH: 70.196

BF: 1865

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Taxon: Chesias rufata

=Chesias rufata rufata

=Chesias rufata scotica

Authority: (Fabricius, 1775)

Vernacular: Broom-tip

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on heathland, open woodland, scrubby embankments and roadside verges in parts of south-eastern England and discontinuously from Devon to Cumbria, also in Scotland (ssp. scotica), a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Broom, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 34 — 36 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 18 Apr (1984) — 28 Jul (1958)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Cytisus scoparius (Broom).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Near Threatened (NT)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/chesias-rufata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 73

Individuals: 414

Earliest Year: 1870

Latest Year: 2006

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